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Kazan
... in my best Russian. She started at me in Russsian and I said "no ruski, engliski" she was ******. At 2am she doesnt want some ******** at her window. I used all my charm and we finally got it sorted that I wanted ticket asap. There was no Plastkart so I had to go up to Kupe, 2nd class, and that will cost 50% more for the 13 hour than it cost for the 21hr ride to get here.We finally got it sorted and she gave me the ticket and I walked out and got straight back on the train I ...
First real russian city
... Had also wanted to visit the natural history museum which had some cool looking dinosaur bones, which I could see from the door, but unfortunatley started my day to late and it was closing by the time I got there.
From here ended up wandering back to the hostel via a mosque and a quick side trip to the lake. Seems like this is the place to hang out since I saw a number of people by the lakeside having a beer. Note though that russian seem to like having a beer almost anywhere.
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Three days of Tatarstan
... to Moscow or Saint Petersburg, the lack of policemen is somewhat surprising. Not that the presence of them would make me feel anymore safe, actually having got my mobile phone stolen by them once, it's rather the opposite. It also seems that people here dress a bit more conservatively and I haven't seen anyone drinking beer on the streets. Maybe the two last mentioned things also have something to do with the cold weather or the fact that they ...
How to make American Hamburgers and Fries
... words that don't appear in dictionaries. 7. There is NO step seven. 8. Make patties, pilfering a little spice from your babooshka. 9. Grill patties one by one on skovorodka. 10. Use Discrete Math to figure out how to make four hamburger buns out of a croissant the size of a cat and the shape of a cylon raider. 11. Assemble burgers 12. Forget fries. 13. Remember fries. Pick out ones not burned. 14. Enjoy! (While you ...
Politics and Iilka
... an hour tv spot? I would die having to watch that drivel and I would have if McCain had done the same thing. It's just the principle of the thing. Like we are not bombarded enough, I'm in Russia for heaven's sake and still tired of it all. So she says that about the polls and kinda has a bit of a smirk on her face, usually when she brings up politics we just kind of smile and nod but both of us just lost ...